"Robin" wrote:
Thank you for that. Most helpful (as usual); and all well within her
capability.

Thank you too for telling me where I could have found the info. for
myself. I did look; and have changed my Firefox settings so I can try
to do better in the future on the NR site (although I know that's
probably as credible as the dog ate my homework).

I have also noted the way to get the info from the TfL site. (I was
interested to compare that with where I was led to when I followed the
link from Jouney Planner to the page for Finsbury Park station
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/...s/1000083.aspx That tells me
there is no step-free access. But it points for details only to
Step-Free tube guide (which adds nothing more) or to
http://www.directenquiries.com/. I gave up on the latter but encouraged
(and embarrassed) by your info. I revisited it and find that after 7 (!)
further clicks I can get the same answer (albeit in a prettier graphical
format).

I'm a bit late, but here's another idea: take the Victoria line south from
H&I to KX, then catch the NR train from there. More walking, but fewer
stairs.

I'm a bit late, but here's another idea: take the Victoria line south
from H&I to KX, then catch the NR train from there. More walking, but
fewer stairs.

Yes, thanks. Offered that to her on the basis as there'd be no
additional cost[1] albeit takes ~10 minutes longer.


[1] like me is of the Freedom Pass generation - and determined to make
use of it before the 2015 Election decides we are wealthy pensioners
like Paul McCartney who don't need ......... If only!
--
Robin
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"Robin" wrote:
I'm a bit late, but here's another idea: take the Victoria line south
from H&I to KX, then catch the NR train from there. More walking, but
fewer stairs.

Yes, thanks. Offered that to her on the basis as there'd be no
additional cost[1] albeit takes ~10 minutes longer.


[1] like me is of the Freedom Pass generation - and determined to make
use of it before the 2015 Election decides we are wealthy pensioners
like Paul McCartney who don't need ......... If only!

Please let us know how she got on?

Please let us know how she got on?

I suppose someone had to ask ;(

I've already had feedback on the lines of "changing at Finsbury Park was
easy so I don't know what you were fussing about. You could have made
yourself more useful by telling me which platform I needed for my train
to Winchmore Hill as the station information was useless until I got to
platform 7". The latter was something I thought of doing when I checked
her train was on time but decided not to as I didn't want to phone and
appear to fuss even more. Heh ho - just further evidence of the reach
of the 3 laws of thermodynamices*.

Thanks again to all for the inf/suggestions.


*in the formulation (i) you can't win; (ii) you can't break even; (iii)
you can't get out of the game
--
Robin
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, at 09:03:30 on Fri, 17 Jan 2014, Recliner
remarked:

[Highbury to Winchmore Hill]

I'm a bit late,

Not for a trip on Saturday

but here's another idea: take the Victoria line south from
H&I to KX, then catch the NR train from there.

Weekends only.

More walking, but fewer stairs.

Can be done step-free, but as you say quite a long walk.

--
Roland Perry

On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:50:51 +0000, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:07:03 -0000, "Robin" wrote:
Finsbury Park - stairs (16 and 17 steps) up from Vic Line to ramped
corridor to Station Place. Turn left, walk past ticket office, enter
into FCC part of station, ascend shortish staircase (12 steps) to
intermediate corridor, walk along corridor to another staircase then
climb more steps (13 and 14 steps) to FCC platformas 5 and 6.

You can use the National Rail website and the Stations made easy
facility to bring up a plan of stations and also photos of the
different parts of the station. You need to load the "large plan" and
then hover your cursor on the part of the layout you want to look at.

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/statio...Overview.xhtml

The diagram for Finsbury Park is out of date. There are now two new
platforms and the existing platforms have been renumbered. The platforms
serving Winchmore Hill are now numbered 7 and 8.